Paintings, Sculptures, Sketches and Photographs

Tim Burton is a restless creative spirit who composes in a wide range of media when he's not directing films. You can get a taste of the huge range of work by checking out his official website. The website is cool cos you get to navigate one of Burton's characters (Stainboy, see more about him and his cast of freakish friends below) through the site like it's a gallery. Click on the image to the left to access the Official Tim Burton website.TASK: Choose TWO of the art works on the site and look really closely at them. Now think critically about each piece by answering the questions below: 1. What is happening in the image? Where? To whom? When? 2. What materials are used? How? Why? 3. What composition design elements have been used? Why? You might think about line, colour, tone or shading, shape, texture, mass, volume, space, contrast, lighting. 4. What is the purpose of the art work? To inform, to challenge, to educate, to shock, to suggest? 5. What is the mood of the art work? Is it whimsical, assertive, timid, reflective, daring, humorous, or confusing?NOTE: The above questions are modified from the Tim Burton Education Kit

YouTube Animation Series: The World of Stainboy

From the very quirky imagination of Tim Burton comes the very quirky Flash animation series The World of Stainboy. Burton originally created these kooky characters for a book of poetry The Melancholy Death of Oyster & Other Stories (ask to see Mrs Hewes' copy!) which was published in 1997. You can read more about the series here on Open Culture. Below is the original poem about Stainboy:

He can’t fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is to leave a nasty stain. Sometimes I know it bothers him, that he can’t run or swim or fly, and because of this one ability, his dry cleaning bill is sky-high.

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